Gwich’in sue Interior over ANWR exploration plan
Native American Rights Fund attorneys are suing the Interior Department over its decision to allow oil and gas exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known to Gwich’in tribes as the “Sacred Place Where Life Begins.”
Winds kick up century-old volcanic ash in Alaska
While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 total rises to 7,886
Update: The statewide total of 7,886 infected overall includes 6,950 residents and 936 nonresidents, of whom 2,415 and 253 have recovered, respectively.
NOAA study shows evidence of killer whale predation on bowheads
Federal fisheries scientists say they now have direct evidence for the first time that killer whales are preying on bowhead whales in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and western Beaufort Sea.
Minimum wage rises by 15 cents an hour in 2021
Alaska’s minimum wage will rise by 15 cents an hour on Jan. 1, from $10.19 to $10.34, state labor officials announced.
Future airport facility will offer seafood cold storage, processing options
A cargo storage and warehouse facility scheduled to open by the summer of 2022 at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is expected to offer the seafood industry new options for cargo transfer cold storage and value-added processing.
Coast Guard’s Munro crew returns to Kodiak
Crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro returned to Kodiak on Monday, Sept. 14, in the wake of a two-month Operation North Pacific Guard patrol focused on enforcement of international fishery regulations.
Bering River registration moose hunt closes
Registration permit hunt RM160 for bull moose in the Bering River moose hunt closed on Tuesday, Sept. 15 by emergency order by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Bill would strengthen data access between tribes, government entities
Newly introduced bipartisan legislation would help tribes access public health data and address health disparities that impact Alaska Native and American Indian communities especially severely.
Pebble mine backers reveal plans for 180-200 year mine
Should Democratic candidate Joe Biden become president, “I will brush off my Democratic credentials and start using them a little more actively,” Pebble Partnership chief executive Tom Collier told an investigator.
